Albert & Müller - made by Agron Llanaj; designed and supervised by Toni Müller.

Year:

2013

Body:

East Indian rosewood.The body of the guitar is lacquer-finished for durability (but not the front)

Front:

Canadian cedar - in double-top construction having slim wooden elements in the air space between the two cedar top plates (without Nomex or synthetic glues) Fan strutted and with a bridge bar. The front is shellac french-polished.

Tuners:

Gotoh - model 35G510 with patterned side-plates and black buttons

Scale:

65cm with 19 frets on an ebony fingerboard plus 20th fret for the 1st string.

Neck Width:

52 mm at the nut. The fingerboard is elevated over the body for improved access above the 12th fret.

Weight:

1730 grams

Condition:

New. The front of the guitar is shellac polished. The rest of the instrument has a lacquer finish for durability.

Comments:

This is a workshop production of the Toni Müller-designed sandwich-top guitars that have become so much in demand since about three years ago. Their success is demonstrated by the large percentage of sales going to professional players like Aniello Desiderio, Sharon Isbin, Scott Tennant, Thomas Kirchhoff, Dale Kavanagh, Eden-Stell duo, Hubert Kappel and many more. The waiting list for those made by Toni is at least six years and those of identical construction such as this one, made by his assistant Agron Llanaj in the same workshop, about two years. Toni says "This is made in the same way as mine so the sound is comparable".
They unquestionably have a strong, solid sound which can be shaped in terms of tonal variety and with a closeness to traditional tone character; more so it seems, than many guitars that are designed to be loud. The balance between bass, middle and treble is very good, as is the sustain, clarity and ease of playing; the action set-up for left-hand comfort is very good.
This cedar version has a warm, rounded yet clear sound. Depth of bass comes from an air resonance a little above F# and with an important character that the bass notes hold well the bottom octave.
This model was introduced in exhibitions during 2011 to represent the Toni Müller design and sound - but made identically by assistant Agron Llanaj, with sound quality that we cannot significantly distinguish from Toni's own build but at lower price.